Select Board approves Peace Pole installation, fire memorial relocation
Sterling approves Peace Pole, fire memorial relocation on town common. The Select Board voted 4 to 1 to install the Rotary-sponsored Peace Pole in the far-right corner of the town common, with Chair Cranson voting against. In a unanimous vote, the board approved relocating the fire memorial from
Select Board · Meeting of July 20, 2026
Sterling approves Peace Pole, fire memorial relocation on town common. The Select Board voted 4 to 1 to install the Rotary-sponsored Peace Pole in the far-right corner of the town common, with Chair Cranson voting against. In a unanimous vote, the board approved relocating the fire memorial from the town common to Memorial Park next to the Police Memorial.
The board also appointed Dana Brattlof, a public accountant, to the Capital Budget Committee on a contested 2 to 3 vote that required town moderator Richard Lane to break the tie.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of July 20, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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